Mutli arrow holder and rest

ABSTRACT

An arrow holder and arrow rest capable of holding and launching a plurality of arrows wherein the arrow holder has a first and second set of equidistantly spaced apart nock locations at a first and second radius distance from the centre of the arrow holder and wherein the arrow rest has a set of complimentary equidistantly spaced apart rest locations at the first radius distance.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is a non-provisional of U.S. provisional patentapplication Ser. No. 61/352,589 filed Jun. 8, 2010, which isincorporated by reference as if fully recited herein.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to archery equipment. Specifically, itrelates to a combination consisting of an arrow holder and complementaryarrow rest each capable of holding and launching a plurality of arrowsat the same time. According to the invention, a pattern or array ofarrows may be directed at a target with a corresponding increase targetarea coverage and likelihood of contact.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In the field of archery, it is typical to shoot one arrow at a time.

To prepare for a shot, an archer points the bow toward the ground. Thearcher then nocks an arrow and places the shaft of the arrow on thearrow rest on the bow. The archer will then typically use three fingersto lightly hold the arrow on the string and then raise and draw the bow.After aiming, the archer will slowly release the arrow by relaxing thefingers of the string hand.

In the hunting context, if a hunter misses the target with the firstarrow, the hunter will rarely get a second chance to shoot a secondarrow as the prey would have escaped.

According to the present invention, an archer is able to shoot aplurality of arrows at one target at the same time in the form of anarray.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An object of the present invention is to provide a holder and an arrowrest. The arrow holder has a holder body and thickness, and the holderbody has a center location. The arrow holder has a first set ofequidistantly spaced apart nock locations circumferentially located onthe holder body at a first radius distance from the center of the arrowholder. The arrow rest has a body and thickness, and the rest body has acenter location. The arrow rest has a set of equidistantly spaced apartrest locations circumferentially located on the rest body at the firstradius distance from the center of the arrow rest. The nock locationsand rest locations are numerically identical.

According to another aspect of the invention, the arrow holder has asecond set of equidistantly spaced apart nock locations at a secondradius distance from the center, wherein the second radius distance isdimensionally less than said first radius distance.

According to another aspect of the invention, the second nock locationis radially inward of the first nock location.

According to another aspect of the invention, the arrow holder and thearrow rest can hold three (3), five (5), and seven (7) arrows at onetime.

According to another aspect of the invention, the arrow rest has open orclosed whisker biscuits.

According to another aspect of the invention, the arrow rest hasattachment means for attachment to a bow and the arrow holder hasattachment means for attachment to a bow string.

According to yet another aspect of the invention, a bow has an arrowholder attached to the bow string and an arrow rest attached to the bow.The arrow holder has a holder body and thickness, and a center location,and the arrow holder has a first set of equidistantly spaced apart nocklocations, circumferentially located on the holder body at a firstradius distance from the center of the arrow holder. The arrow rest hasa rest body and thickness, and a center location, and the arrow rest hasa set of equidistantly spaced apart rest locations, circumferentiallylocated on the rest body at the first radius distance from the center ofthe arrow rest. The nock locations and rest locations are numericallyidentical. The arrow holder may have a second set of equidistantlyspaced apart nock locations at a second radius distance from the center,wherein the second radius distance is dimensionally less than the firstradius distance. The second nock location may be radially inward of thefirst nock location.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, a preferredembodiment thereof will now be described in detail by way of example,with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a bow and multiple arrowsaccording to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of FIG. 1 taken at BB illustrating thelocation of the arrow rest.

FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of one embodiment of an arrow holderaccording to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of another embodiment of an arrowholder according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of another embodiment of an arrowrest according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic illustration of another embodiment of an arrowrest according to the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic illustration of another embodiment of an arrowrest according to the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic illustration of another embodiment of an arrowholder according to the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

An arrow holder and arrow rest according to the present invention andseveral different embodiments thereof are illustrated in the figures.

The arrow holder and arrow rest according to the present invention aremade from a strong, rigid, yet light weight material such as, by way ofexample, reinforced plastic or aluminum. The holder and rest are adaptedwith any conventional attachment means for attachment to existing bowtypes and bow strings and may be used with existing arrows.

Referring to FIG. 1, a bow 1 is schematically illustrated. Attached tothe bow is an arrow rest 3 shown in FIG. 2. An arrow holder 4 isattached to the bow string 5. The present invention can be used withexisting bows and existing arrows.

FIGS. 3, 4 and 8 illustrate different embodiments of the arrow holderaccording to the present invention. The arrow holder 4 is attached tothe bow string 5 by first cutting or separating the bow string 5 atabout midpoint. Each end of the bow string 5 is suitably reattached tothe arrow by means of securement holes 7 located along the periphery ofthe arrow holder 4 as shown in FIG. 4, or by means of circular rings 8in the periphery of the arrow holder 4 as shown in FIG. 3. The objectiveis to precisely attach the holder at the midpoint location of the stringin full linear alignment with the arrow rest which is attached on thebow.

A back support 20 is provided for the arrow holder 4. It is made of thesame material as the holder and serves to prevent the arrow holder 4from deforming out of its 2-dimensional profile.

The arrow holder 4 can accommodate a set of up to a maximum of seven (7)arrows or any lesser number according to preference. There are providedseven (7) equidistantly spaced apart nock locations circumferentially onthe holder. Two sets of nock locations are provided. As shown in FIGS. 7and 8, the first set is arranged at a first radius R1 which is identicalto the radius at which the rest locations are circumferentially arrangedon the arrow rest. The first radius location R1 is used for parallelflight since any nock location is fully aligned with a complementaryrest location. A second radius location R2 located inwardly of the firstlocation R1 provides a holder having an inner and outer nock setting 10and 11. An inner nock setting is shown at 10 and an outer nock settingis shown at 11.

A flared bow shooting array is achieved by nocking the arrows in theinner setting 10 in combination with the corresponding arrow rest. Thisarrangement allows for a flared flight pattern and greater coverage atthe target area. A flared shot pattern would be preferable for smallergame, fowl and fishing.

FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 show different embodiments of the arrow rest accordingto of the present invention. The arrow rest 4 in FIG. 5 is illustratedand shown with seven (7) full whisker biscuits 12. The arrows ordinarilyrest in the center of the whisker biscuit supported by the whiskers. Theuse of the inner nock settings 10 in FIG. 3 or 4 in combination with thearrow rest 3 will provide a flared flight pattern to the arrows. The useof the outer nock settings 11 will result in substantially parallelflight of the arrow grouping.

FIG. 6 shows an alternative embodiment for an arrow rest to be used witha suitably and complementary configured arrow holder. An arrow restaccommodating five (5) arrows is shown. Also, an open whisker biscuit 13is shown where an arrow can be placed through the opening of the whiskerand set therein. This invention is adapted to be used with any holder incombination with a closed whisker or open whisker holders.

The arrow rest in the present application is described as a whisker typerest, but it is not restricted to a whisker type. The present inventionapplies equally to other variations and configurations of rests. Thearrow rest 3 may be mounted or attached to the bow using prior artmounting methods for rests as are known to persons skilled in the art,as for example, by means of bolting the mounting bracket of the arrowrest 3 to the bow. For an arrow rest 3 shown in FIG. 5 or 6, amodification to the bow is necessary as shown in FIG. 2 wherein the bowstructure is curved to accommodate and attach the arrow rest.

FIGS. 7 and 8 illustrate yet another embodiment of an arrow holder andcorresponding arrow rest wherein the arrows are vertically aligned forshooting three (3) arrows. A flared bow shooting array is achieved bynocking the arrows in the inner setting 10 of the holder for the top andbottom arrows. It will be obvious to persons skilled in the art that anoutwardly or inwardly flared arrow pattern is also achievable byincorporating a concave or convex shape to the arrow holder 4.

Further advantages which are inherent to the invention are obvious toone skilled in the art. The embodiments are described hereinillustratively and are not meant to limit the scope of the invention asclaimed. Variations of the foregoing embodiments will be evident to aperson of ordinary skill and are intended by the inventor to beencompassed by the following claims.

1. An arrow holder having a body and thickness, said holder body havinga center location, said arrow holder having a first set of equidistantlyspaced apart nock locations circumferentially located on said holderbody at a first radius distance from the center of the arrow holder; incombination with an arrow rest having rest body and thickness, said restbody having a center location, said arrow rest having a set ofequidistantly spaced apart rest locations, circumferentially located onsaid rest body at said aforesaid first radius distance from the centerof the arrow rest, wherein said nock locations and rest locations arenumerically identical.
 2. The invention as claimed in claim 1, whereinsaid arrow holder has a second set of equidistantly spaced apart nocklocations circumferentially located on said holder body at a secondradius distance from the center, wherein said second radius distance isdimensionally less than said first radius distance.
 3. The invention asclaimed in claim 2 wherein said second nock location is radially inwardof said first nock location.
 4. The invention as claimed in claim 3wherein said nock locations and said rest locations are 3 in number. 5.The invention as claimed in claim 4 wherein said nock locations and saidrest locations are 5 in number.
 6. The invention as claimed in claim 5wherein said nock locations and said rest locations are 7 in number. 7.The invention as claimed in claim 6, wherein said arrow rest locationsare either open or closed whisker biscuits.
 8. The invention as claimedin claim 7, wherein said arrow rest has attachment means for attachmentto a bow and said arrow holder has attachment means for attachment to abow string.
 9. In a bow having an arrow holder attached to the bowstring and an arrow rest attached to the bow, the said arrow holderhaving a holder body and thickness, said holder body having a centerlocation, said arrow holder having a first set of equidistantly spacedapart nock locations, circumferentially located on said holder body at afirst radius distance from the center of the arrow holder, and a secondset of equidistantly spaced apart nock locations circumferentially at asecond radius distance from the center, wherein said second radiusdistance is dimensionally less than said first radius distance, thearrow rest having a rest body and thickness, said rest body having acenter location, said arrow rest having a set of equidistantly spacedapart rest locations, circumferentially located on said rest body atsaid first radius distance from the center of the arrow rest whereinsaid second nock location is radially inward of said first nocklocation, wherein said nock locations and rest locations are numericallyidentical.